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In a major reshuffle, Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati removed Akash Anand from all party positions on Sunday, making a significant change in the party’s leadership.
BSP chief Mayawati with newphew Akash Anand | File Image
Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati removed Akash Anand from all party positions in a major reshuffle on Sunday, making a significant change in the party’s leadership.
This decision follows a crucial party meeting in which the BSP appointed his father, party general secretary Anand Kumar, and Rajya Sabha MP Ramji Gautam as the new national coordinators.
Regarding her political successor, a long-standing point of contention among party leaders, Mayawati reaffirmed that there would be no successor while she is alive. Anand served the responsibilities of being Mayawati’s political successor and the BSP’s national coordinator.
The BSP chief’s decision came close after she expelled former Rajya Sabha MP Ashok Siddharth, who is Akash Anand’s father-in-law, from the party on charges of factionalism.
On Sunday, she said that Anand’s political career had been affected by his father-in-law, as he may still be exerting influence on him through his daughter, Pragya, Akash Anand’s wife.
This is the second time Akash Anand has been relieved of his responsibilities. The first occurred in May of last year during the Lok Sabha elections, but he was reinstated in both roles by Mayawati in July.
While addressing the meeting, Mayawati further stressed that the progress of Uttar Pradesh’s Bahujan community is crucial not only for the state’s development but for the nation’s overall growth.
She also shared the party’s plans for the upcoming celebrations of BSP founder Kanshi Ram’s birth anniversary, reaffirming their dedication to his ideology.
